A method for incorporating organ motion due to breathing into 3D dose calculations

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 715-720

  Lujan, Anthony E ^a   Larsen, Edward W ^a   Balter, James M ^a   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculations; Organ motion; Treatment planning; Treatment verification; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION;

DOSE CALCULATION; ORGAN MOTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT VERIFICATION; UNCERTAINTY;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; DOSE CALCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032941481     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598577     Document Type: Article

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